06 december 2016

Daniel Boone Tree Bark Carving

Image and text source: Wisconsin Historical Society

DESCRIPTION
A piece of tree bark into which is carved the name D. Boon, as well as other words and numbers. The markings are thought to have been made by Daniel Boone. The beech tree has the inscription, "D. Boon killed a bar. 1775" carved into it. The tree was located up until the 1880s near Boon's Creek, Tennessee.